Toy-railroad-track construction



Feb. 10, 1931. M. CARUSO TOY RAILROAD TRACK CONSTRUCTION Original Filed March 4, 1927 0 ms u r a 6 0 lY re M ATTORNEY Anobject off-the I 'ijtiaack switch; and,

j 'roYgnA1nitoAn-rRAoK e nsmemj a f Q r .foa'd track construction "and is more-"partic-* I V v 'nveritioni is to providea j ffswitch section for -toy ra lroads 1n which stationary converging wheel bear-mg ralls f 'rarej"separatedi'from oneanother and from v the diverging wheel bearing rails, which: car '-ry the:train away from the frog, a' sufliclent f-distanceisoflth'at'i'flanges on Ithe car wheels may passthrou ghg'i and toasso'ciate with. the

v f frog and convergingrails,ashort platform A toreceivetheflangeson the wheels andmaintain the-wheelsatsubstantially thesainelev- I felzthey woiiild be were the treads resting-on g p V a drawlngs, thls-s'tamped rail; support is proa rail;

top'revent passing through the Ts'witch.

i LOtherZandfurtherobjectsiofitheinventionw p 1 fac htatmg co'upllngthe section to .o'thertra'ck sections by connecting? ties customarily used in assembling-rtoy'tracklay-iouts.' h drawings is r I willbeapparentgas the description proceeds. G fTheil'accompanying drawings show, for

' v purposes wof-illustratingthe invention,*one of the many possible'em'bo diments in which the invention may take form, it being under- 1 [stoodthat the drawings are illustrative of. the

ifinvention rather than limiting the same. f 1

;In these drawingsz.

E Figure 1 '1s a perspective'view of la track '1 135 :switch for toy electric railroadsjshowing 7 or the wheel bearing rails,- the third'rails and v switch tongues together with therail sup-,

I port, but omitting the switch actuating mechism; 1

Figure I3Q1sIasect1onal view o'n the 'line 1 OfF g Q-T i As sh w in th 1 ijtracki- @Ashefe' illustrated-the track switch Another bj ect-offthe invention-is 'telprm vide atoy railroad track-switch with suitable gua dspo anti-derailingz'devices I g the cartrucksfrom-becomingiderailed when k '1 a v "y The-trackswitch 4 1-. Figure 211 s an .invertedplan view of the "dr wing th k com 1 struction," exemplified in the; form of a track 7 to the 'supporti'ngplate 15 by prongsso'f. switchfortoy' railroads; is made up in the "astolocate the rails 42V-and 43 in line with "therails 12 and 13 respectively. The stamp- :the' length of :theltrack switch section, while rail ll which extends from the lower right- 7 hand end of the switch as indicated/in I the v drawings, out through the branch line. 7 The main and branch-lines also l 1 ave"wheel bear-'- ingrails 12 and 13 which diverge from a frog support-315' which is preferably made in the device for the switch. As indicated in the vided-withdownwardly bent flanges'16a, 166, 16 0 16d'and16e extending alongthe edges to s'tifi'en therail support, and with end flanges 17f=having outwardly extending lower' ends or feet 17 These flange'sl'iiare for the'purpose ot'supportingthe track sectionand-for.

The'track swit chshown in the v also provided vwith a Y-shaped continuous third or power rail'23. for conducting current through both the main line' and the branch linel' This power rail? is made up of three parts, includinga straight third rail 24 between-the Wheel bearing'railsil0 and 12, a 8 gcurved powersupply rail25 between the rails f '11 and 13, and a Y-shapedsheet 'metal stamping 26-." 1 I w is also preferably pro vied'edi'uith short 1 converging wheel guiding? rails 42 andf 13; As here shown these rails are the for In of a triangular, shaped sheet 1 metal stampin -e4 bent up' along the sides to provide the rails. Thisstamping-is fastened ing 4A has an openlng in the center as'indi- V cated'at 46' to-perm-it'the third rail member to passdownwardlythrough it, this third 100 hasja; mainline designated the lettefrvfl- I I and 'a-branch line11 designated' by 13he l6the1"; 1

B; -Thei.mainline A has-a straightjtrack r "orwheelbearingrail' l0-extendingithroughf 7 r -.jthe:branch line Bl-has;a;curved-'outsidetrack 5 rail 'member being carried underneath the;

rails 42 and 43, Thetrails 42'and 43 are i brought adjacent the frog 14 andiit'desired may include insulators 47 to prevent grounding the moving contact on! the locomotivefas it passes from the broadened tortiongaa 0f the power rail to the portions24 or 25.

, Asthe rails 42 and d3 are stationary, itisf necessary to 1 separate them sufliciently' from the ends of rails "12 and 13 to permit' the flanges of the car wheels to pass throughboth between the wheel bearing rails, the present wheel rolls across theplatforinand thewheel it. would have been carried were the treaduof the Wheel on a wheelb'earingrail. j The posi- "tion 01" the wheel is indicated by-dotted lines in-AFigure 3-7. This frog or-platformmay be fill the form of a stamping held in placeby prongs 50 bent up underneath the rail support.

a In order. to keep'thetoytrain on the track ,while it is passing through the switch, wheel iguar'ds '51 and 52 are provided adj acent the rails 10 andll-andzplaced so :that they engage -theaflanges' of the -'wheels carried 011 o. these V rails Iat thetime the flanges on'the: opposite Wheels of the cartruck-are passing-over the platforms 4:8 and '49. Thesewheel guards areheld in-place'by prongs fil' and 552. Y

,The toy train may be guided through'the mainline A or; onto: the branch" line B by means of a movable switch' tongue 54s and of i the proper shape to guide theflange ofaicar wheel from the raillO ontoitherailii3yorifrom V the rail 11 onto theiirail42 depending-upon a the position of theswitch vtongue. This switch tonguemaybe operated bya shift bar 55 connected to the tongue by armember 56 passing through a slot'57 in the stamping 15.-

The stamping maybe cut away as indicated at 60 and 61 to reduce the weight if desired vand may be provided with a lateralelxtension 62 for the'supportof the switch actuating mechanism whichmav be inounted'in anaperture 63 if desired. The central part of the It is obvious that the inventionmay be emtrack switch may be'providedwitha supporting block 64 arranged. underneathzzthe i'rog of, the switch. s 1

bodiedinmany forms and constructions and i wish it to be understood that the particular form shown is but one of themany forms. Various modifications and changes being possible, I do not limit myself in any way with respect thereto. 7

This application is a, division of my applicfmtion-SeriatNumber 172,777, filed Marchl,

What is claimed is:

1; In atrack switchisection for toy, elec-- tric' railroads; a through wheelbearing rail, inthe main-ling aothrough wheel bearing rail iii-the branch line; two lengths ofwheel bear 1 ing frail' 'arranged parallel with each ofthe i umughg ne, hanna-beingspaced to' per- L mit thefiange o-fa car. wh eeltopass through and being supported on a sheet metalframe, and asheet metal platform secured 'to the .f amean haw w h t efl s Q th se J gwheeli rollsto carry the tread of the wheel i from one length of railto another.

*12; In atrack switch section for toy' electric grantedFebruary 12, 1929, asv Patent Number1,701 ,947." J v railroads,.a through'wh'eel bearing rail in the p 7 main line, a through wheel bearing; rail in the branch fineaws lengths offwheel bearing rail arranged parallel with each of; the through-'12 rails, said rails being :spacedi'topermit the 2 flange ofia :car:wheel;to pass through and s ihg supported one sheet metal frame; a

sheet metal platformsecuredtoi-the'frame and 7 over, which the flange ottheicar wheel rolls to! carry the tread of the Wheel fromone length ofi rail toianother, and sheetmetal guards adjacent eachof the through rails to'holdithe wheels'on s'aid -through; rail; while the oppo site wheeliflanges are onlthe'platform;

' "PS Inatrack switchasectionfor toy railj v roads; a sheetmetal base carryingtwo adja- I .-centilengths of'wheel bearing rail in the main line, two similar lengths of wheel beariiigra-il 'irrthe branch line arranged attan acute angle 1 tdthe l ngths ofrail, two ot the rails converging toward one another; the ends of the qother two'rails being-separated from oneanother and from the; otherirails to permit car wheel'fiangesto pass through, and sheetmetal "member secured to the 'base:and-forming. a

platform and 3 frog: point betweenv thei pairs V ofrailstdcariy the flange ofi a car wheel;

4; In a trackiswitch: section for: toy rails cent; lengths of wheel bearing rail in the main v roads, a sheet metal'base carrying twoiadjaline,two similar lengths of Wheel bearingrail in the branch line arranged'at an acute angle to'the firstlengths ofrail; two of the rails convergingtoward one another, the endsof the other twoirails beingseparated from one an other and from the other rails,- to permit car 7 wheel flanges to pass-through; other wheel bearing rails inthe mainline and branch line 1120 and parallel with: the first mentioned I rails,

vand sheet metal'guard's adjacent said other wheel bearing rails'to engage the flanges of car wheels opposite thefro'g. 7

J Inatoy railroad-track.sectiom two converging wheel bearing rails for main-and branch lines, a sheet metal base'to which these.

; rails are secured,and asheet metal platform secured to the base and having wheelbearing portions adapted-to receive the flange of a toy oar wheel andzjraised portions mergingte ferm afrog point. -.'6. 1'In atoy railroad track section, two con- I vergingwheel, bearingrails for mainand v 1 5 branch lines,a's heet metal baseto Whichthes'e f I V 1 I rails are secured, a sheet metal platform s'e- V cured tothe base'and'haVing Wheel bearing p0rti0ns adapted'to receive the flange o f ar 'L'i toy car Wheel and raised portions-merging'to f 01m a frog point, other Wheel bearing rails 1 p in-the mainline and branch line and parallel V v with the first'mentioned rails, and a sheet metal guard having a plurality of'prongs passing through the baseQthe guards being 1 opposite the platfolfm. 1 a W v Signed at New York, New'York, this 2nd:

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